This website is for Private Investors* only

*A Private Investor is a recipient of the information who meets all of the conditions set out below, the recipient:

Obtains access to the information in a personal capacity;

Is not required to be regulated or supervised by a body concerned with the regulation or supervision of investment or financial services;

Is not currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognised professional body;

Does not currently act in any capacity as an investment adviser, whether or not they have at some time been qualified to do so;

Uses the information solely in relation to the management of their personal funds and not as a trader to the public or for the investment of corporate funds;

Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.

Economy

Market Report

Companies

Currencies

MARKET REPORT

Biopharmaceutical company Mereo BioPharma Group announced positive top-line results from a phase 2b dose-ranging study with BGS-649 for the treatment of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) in men with a body mass index of over 30 on Monday.

US futures pointed to a weaker open on Wall Street on Monday as investors look ahead to the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve this week, while worries about a possible trade war continue to play on investors' minds.

1341: Facebook stock has fallen 5% after authorities on both sides of the Atlantic demanded questions on why personal information on 50m users of the social media site were leaked to UK that helped the Vote Leave and Trump presidential campaigns in 2016.

AIM-quoted development and exploration firm Weatherly International narrowed operating losses in the first half of its current trading year as revenues soared more than a quarter compared to the same period twelve months earlier.

Financial planning and discretionary wealth management company Harwood Wealth Management Group announced the acquisition of AE Financial Services - an established chartered independent financial advisory firm based in Southampton - from AE Insurance Services on Monday.

Trinidad-focussed oil and gas producer and explorer Columbus Energy updated the market on the Beach Oilfield Limited (BOLT) transaction on Monday, as well as its aspirations for operations and exploration in the South West Peninsula of Trinidad (SWP).

Independent charities network Citizens Advice has called for people utilising high-interest "doorstep loans" to be provided with the same level of protection as those with payday loans in order to be spared millions of pounds of excess fees and charges per year.

London stocks fell further into the red by midday on Monday as the pound rallied on the back of a draft Brexit deal, with traders also looking ahead to a week ahead that includes monetary policy meetings for the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England.

Vladimir Putin was elected for a fourth six-year term as Russian President in the 19 March elections, making him the longest-serving leader of the country since dictator Joseph Stalin, although voter turnout was slightly lower than the Kremlin had reportedly been seeking.

AIM-quoted software developer TechFinancials said its investee CEDEX had hit its target of selling 25m tokens in its pre-sale event last week, with a further 25m tokens having been made available after the main sale kicked off on Saturday.

Micro Focus International chief executive Chris Hsu has resigned as the company downgraded its profits guidance less than six months after completing the reverse takeover of HP Enterprise's software arm.